David Alan
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Hi all:
What a great forum. I appreciate any attention & help you can provide.
We're located in East Texas, and just finished drilling my well recently.
Lots of clay, but we found several gravel strata & then bottomed out out on rock at 94' deep.
Installed 2" PVC well casing, bottom 5' is well screen, gravel packed. Static water level 10'.
I've searched archives to get an answer to this question, but nothing found.
I'm installing a 1/2 hp jet pump & tank, with a 'packer adapter' for a 2" casing. I guess known as a 'single-pipe' jet pump system.
This calls for 1.25" 'drop pipe', down to the 'packer jet' assembly.
The diagram I have shows that threaded Schedule 80 PVC, is recommended for the drop pipe. It is just nearly impossible to find Sch 80 1.25" locally.
Is it correct to reason that Schedule 40 if carefully solvent glued could be employed, given that I'm not hanging a heavy submirsible pump, just a jet assembly ?
[Using 20' sections with belled ends....]
Thanks in advance for any help or advice !
David Alan
What a great forum. I appreciate any attention & help you can provide.
We're located in East Texas, and just finished drilling my well recently.
Lots of clay, but we found several gravel strata & then bottomed out out on rock at 94' deep.
Installed 2" PVC well casing, bottom 5' is well screen, gravel packed. Static water level 10'.
I've searched archives to get an answer to this question, but nothing found.
I'm installing a 1/2 hp jet pump & tank, with a 'packer adapter' for a 2" casing. I guess known as a 'single-pipe' jet pump system.
This calls for 1.25" 'drop pipe', down to the 'packer jet' assembly.
The diagram I have shows that threaded Schedule 80 PVC, is recommended for the drop pipe. It is just nearly impossible to find Sch 80 1.25" locally.
Is it correct to reason that Schedule 40 if carefully solvent glued could be employed, given that I'm not hanging a heavy submirsible pump, just a jet assembly ?
[Using 20' sections with belled ends....]
Thanks in advance for any help or advice !
David Alan
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